Belt and band



L. H. GILMER.

BELT AND BAND.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-9,19Hi.

j'iwentor" I, udwelllf Gill-n61;

Patented D01. 30,1919.

flttornegg I iuiiiiiso sTATEs PATENT OFFICE LUDW'ELL H. GILMER, O33 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BELT AND BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent. P te t d Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed September 9, 1918. Serial No. 253,178.

may conceive: n that l, LUDWELL H. GILMER, United States, residing in iiadelphia, county of Philoof Pennsylvania, have invented eel. n Improvements in Belts and Bands, of which the following is a specification.

invention is an endless laminated belt or bend, adapted to be made fcom sections cut ti'ai'isversely from Woven tubular fabric, and my ch 1? purpose is to provide an ellicient, durable, and. convenient construction of im o'roved character comparatively small cost.

The invention is characterized by the provision of an endless laminated belt or band w nubstzinrtially uniform thickness and strong h thi-oug'liout its cross section, 'With the raw edges concealed Well its protected by binding them Within the structure and with only it single exposed joint extending longitudiimlly between the edges of the device;

lo. the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents u perspective View of a Woven tube cut in sections; Fig. 2 illustrates in cross section it portion oi. a belt or bond embodying the invention; Fig: 3 is a. perspective View of the finishcddevice; and Fig. 4L. illustrates in cross-section a Portion of a belt or band. embodying my invention in modified for ill edges turned in 'i'ted, illustrated in Fig. 2, the being sewed together to produce are shown in Fig. 3, 01'' a struc oil the some exterior form may be pro- ,(l by means of the arrangement illusted in Fig.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, structure comprises the lumiuutious 1, 2, 3, i,'5, and 6, th :W edges 7 and 8 or ends of the tube lions us i and being concealed. The lumination 1 is coiniectcd at its edges with the outer rd: of the respective lemii'iotions 2 and I; j the unbroken outer parts 9 and f fi'ornii 'ointlcss edges for the structure. The fan 1' Q and 3 are connected at vith corresponding" edges concealed leminstions 4i their in er oi the reset on lying in one of the concealed lin'ninuand 5 by the unbroken adjacent parts 11 and 12 without joint. 5 are connected to the concealed lamination 6 by the unbroken parts 10 and 10 lying within the respective edges 9 and 9 and the lamination 6 is formed "by sections joined along the abutting or juxtaposed edges 7 and 8 which are covered by the laminations 1 .nd 5.

These leminations are fastened ther,

as by, rows of through stitching o, with the 6 production of an endless belt or band having the desired characteristics with no ex posed edges and with the material arranged symmetrically.

As illustrated in Fig.4, the belt or band may be composed of laminations 13, 14 and 15. The lamination 13 is connected at its outer edges with the outer edges of the laminetions 14 by the unbroken parts 16 forming jointless edges for the structure, and 75- the laminstions '14 are connected with the leminations 15 by the unbroken arts 17, the inner. laminations 15 having t eir row. edges 15', disposed within and adjacent to the respective edges 16 and the several lamin'ations being connected. by the stitching 0 parallel to the length of the structure.

In this simpler construction, there are found the some characteristics oil symmetry of construction and concealed and protected mw edges.

it will be seen that there is thus provided an endless bend or belt having the material arranged symmetrically on each side of a central longitudinal plane, providing uni forrnity throughout all cross sections in the arrangement of the material and the capacity for resistance to tensile forces, and with reduction to a minimum of all tendencies to unequal elongation.

Having described my invention, I claim:

The lominations 4 and and fonned of integrally connected leminw (ions with a single exposed joint disposed between the jointless edges thereof, the edges of the material from which said band 1 made being covered.

4. An endlese band of woven materiel liming integral connected lmnitetions, said band having jointlcss edges and concealed laminationswith covered ran edges.

An endless, lainiinetedyWoven bend llhiing jointless edges and a continuous longitudinal joint between said edges, said lmnd having concealed laminetione 0 5i)- mews-e neeted by jointless edges lying within the edges aforesaid.

1. Anl endless, laminated woven band seicl and one of said concealed lemimiinions comprising; sections having juxtaposed edges covered by Otilfil'fif said leniinzitions.

In testimony whereof Ilia-Ye hereunto set my name this 4 th day of Sept, 1918.

LUDWELL H. GILMER. 

